cjapâ

Friulian

Alternative forms

• čhapâ (alternative orthography)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *clapāre, from metathesis of *caplāre, contracted form of Late Latin capulāre, from Latin capulum. Compare Italian chiappare, Venetan ciapar, Lombard ciapà, Ladin giapé, Romansch tgapar.

Verb

cjapâ

1. to take, hold
2. to grab, catch
3. to get

Conjugation

This is a regular -â verb, along with verbs like amâ.

Conjugation of cjapâ (first conjugation)

infinitive			cjapâ
gerund			cjapânt
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		cjapât		cjapâts
		feminine		cjapâde		cjapâdis
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	lui/jê	nô	vô	lôr
	present	o cjapi	tu cjapis	al/e cjape	o cjapìn	o cjapais	a cjapin
	imperfect	o cjapavi	tu cjapavis	al/e cjapave	o cjapavin	o cjapavis	a cjapavin
	simple past	o cjapai	tu cjaparis	al/e cjapà	o cjaparin	o cjaparis	a cjaparin
	future	o cjaparai	tu cjaparâs	al/e cjaparà	o cjaparìn	o cjaparês	a cjaparan
	conditional	o cjaparès	tu cjaparessis	al/e cjaparès	o cjaparessin	o cjaparessis	a cjaparessin
subjunctive		jo	tu	lui/jê	nô	vô	lôr
	present	o cjapi	tu cjapis	al/e cjapi	o cjapìn	o cjapais	a cjapin
	imperfect	o cjapàs	tu cjapassis	al/e cjapàs	o cjapassin	o cjapassis	a cjapassin
imperative		–	tu	–	nô	vô	–
		–	cjape	–	cjapìn	cjapait	–

Synonyms

• cjoli, piâ